Quote: (04-07-2018 03:29 PM)godfather dust Wrote:
Quote: (04-07-2018 03:23 PM)SamuelBRoberts Wrote:
What kind of companies hire "Opsec Specialists"? It feels like that's kind of a limited field.
I would be starting a business around it, I think interest will increase as AI profiling becomes common knowledge.
I'll leave this post for when you came back.
You're definitely thinking in the right direction, although it's entirely possible that this specific idea is a ridiculous idea. It might be a great idea, but you probably won't know until you try and have the opportunity to test demand.
However, for a subject like that, you can start right now by establishing yourself as an expert by writing an informative blog. If you pick up enough readers, you can start thinking about how to turn It into a business.
At your age, don't waste unnecessary time in school unless there's a specific reason to study. If you complete an entire degree, you'll be finished at 34/35. It usual takes a year or two minimum to settle into a career direction (my brother graduated with a degree in electrical engineering, but it took him 9 months to find a suitable job in the part of the country his wife wanted to live in. Sure, he works for Elon Musk now, but that didn't happen over night. It took him 7 years, which would mean you would be finally getting somewhere at 42, whereas he is 30. Do you want to be competing with 30 year olds who have far more energy, more time to save for retirement and more flexibility in life?).
The smartest thing you could probably do is use any construction (or whatever field you were swinging a hammer in) to your advantage. You have a ton of information in your head that if combined with other knowledge, skills and connections, would allow you to start a business in the industry that you've spent years as a blue collar worker. This experience/knowledge gives you a huge advantage over other people outside the industry, mainly, you know what a lot of the problems are and probably have special insight into products/services that would be useful in solving some of the problems workers/managers there face.
Unless the direction you choose requires an entire degree, just take specific courses at a nearby school that will teach what you NEED to know.
Creating your own business is the right direction to go if you have the basic abilities and personality to do so. But strongly consider staying in your own industry, not trying to enter something entirely new.
Do a OPsec blog on the side and see if it goes anywhere. If anything, it'll make you a better writer.
